transmasc and transfem describe sex-gender positionality, not specific gender identity
"transmasculine" = trans people who were AFAB. we are viewed as transitioning "away" from cisfemininity, regardless of our specific gender identity.
my bestie (she/they) is a nonbinary woman. but she's not transfem! she was AFAB and thus is transmasc, despite not being masc-aligned in specific identity. realizing a nonbinary, androgynous, expansive vision of womanhood masculinizes them in the eyes of cispatriarchy. they are transmasculinized, and thus transmasc.
"transfeminine" = trans people who were AMAB. they are viewed as transitioning "away" from cismasculinity, regardless of their specific gender identity.
my sibling (any pronouns) is a gender-apathetic nonbinary person. even though she does not give a fuck about being gendered any kind of way, she was AMAB. and thus they're transfem even if they aren't a feminine-aligned (Or masculine-aligned) person, bcs realizing a nonbinary, androgynous, expansive vision of gender for a person AMAB feminizes them in the eyes of cispatriarchy . thus transfem
